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Researchers from Apple and Columbia University released Ferret, an open source multimodal LLM that can recognize and describe any shape in an image, in October — With little fanfare, researchers from Apple and Columbia University released an open source multimodal LLM, called Ferret, in October 2023.
More: GitHub, AppleInsider, arXiv.org, and Pixel Envy
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Ubisoft is investigating reports of a new security breach after security research collective VX-Underground shared screenshots of the company's internal tools — Ubisoft is investigating whether it suffered a breach after images of the company's internal software and developer tools were leaked online.
More: Security Affairs, PCMag, Engadget, Game Rant, Bloomberg, My Nintendo News, Wccftech, and The Record
Bluesky: @mhwilliams.bsky.social. X: @vxunderground, @shitpostrock, @denver_crypto, @malwrhunterteam, @faizshaikh7681, and @vxunderground
| Edd Gent / IEEE Spectrum: |
Experts warn against unrealistic expectations for quantum computers, citing the challenges in making fault-tolerant systems, qubits' slow operating speeds, more — Hype is everywhere, skeptics say, and practical applications are still far away — The quantum computer revolution …
More: Wired, Bloomberg, and HPCwire
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| Ethan Zuckerman: |
A study estimates that there are 13.3B+ videos on YouTube, of which 4B+ were posted to the platform in 2023, and the median YouTube video has 39 views — I got interested in this question a few years ago, when I started writing about the “denominator problem”.
More: Journal of Quantitative …. Threads: @pauladamsmith and @evanrodge. Bluesky: @becca.gomezfarrell.com
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk is fielding complaints about Grok giving liberal responses on diversity, transgender rights, and inequality, despite promising an “anti-woke” chatbot — Grok, launched this month on X, has angered conservatives by endorsing diversity. Musk says he's trying to fix it.
More: The Decoder, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Election Law Blog, and Business Insider
Threads: @guarnero, @originalspin, @mchafkin, and @warrendemcats
Mastodon: @lolgop@journa.host, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @willoremus@mastodon.social
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Sam Altman's history at Loopt and Y Combinator, where his side activities and personal projects riled colleagues and forced his departure from YC — The OpenAI CEO lost the confidence of top leaders in the three organizations he has directed, yet each time he's rebounded to greater heights
More: Fortune and San Francisco Business Times
Threads: @martinsfp, @dseetharaman, and @dseetharaman
| Washington Post: |
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Threads: @drewharwell. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. X: @grandiopanda and @kennymxu. Forums: Hacker News
| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Nvidia and its staff donated $15M to Israeli nonprofits helping civilians affected by the Israel-Hamas war, the largest humanitarian fundraiser for the company — U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) and its employees have donated $15 million to Israeli non-profit organisations … | Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
A look at Take-Two's $12B Zynga deal in 2022, just as casual games peaked post pandemic, Apple introduced ATT, and the mobile game market headed into a downturn — Video-game giant's push into smartphone titles was expensive and late. — Excitement over the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI …
Bluesky: @janety.bsky.social. X: @aqua_xenossia, @kasselvania, @cecianasta, @technology, @cecianasta, and @jacobidle
| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
GM pauses Chevy Blazer EV sales as it works to fix software problems, including the infotainment screen going blank, which affect a “limited number” of vehicles — General Motors has temporarily halted sales of the brand new Chevy Blazer EV after some of the first vehicles shipped encountered a number of software problems.
More: InsideEVs, The Verge, PCMag, 9to5Mac, Automotive News, Engadget, InsideEVs, InsideEVs, CleanTechnica, Jalopnik, Robots.net, Edmunds, autoblog.com, Green Car Reports, Electrek, TweakTown, The Verge, and iMore
Threads: @amdev, @jamshamdana, @jamshamdana, @sokane1, @edmundscars, @eshumarneedi, @jasonmichaeltracy, and @yomikestevens
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LinkedIn: Eric Starkman, Murtada, and Robby DeGraff
Forums: Hacker News and Hacker News
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Data.ai: puzzle app Royal Match has held the top spot for the biggest mobile game by monthly revenue globally since July, ahead of Candy Crush Saga — Istanbul-based developer Dream Games is on track to double revenue from its debut title despite a lacklustre year for mobile peers| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Micron says it has reached a global settlement agreement to end all lawsuits, including claims of IP theft, with Chinese state-backed chipmaker Fujian Jinhua — Fujian Jinhua did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment outside of office hours. — The settlement comes months …
X: @business
| Wall Street Journal: |
Bots registered as 13-year-old users on TikTok were shown highly polarized content about the Israel-Hamas war in the For You feed, within hours after signing up — Imagine your 13-year-old signs up for TikTok and, while scrolling through videos, lingers on footage of explosions …
More: Independent.ie and Sky News
Threads: @documentingmeta and @lessin
Mastodon: @darcher@hachyderm.io and @vex@kolektiva.social
Bluesky: @legalcat.bsky.social, @dodgerfanla.bsky.social, @blackamazon.bsky.social, and @anildash.com
X: @davidfrum, @_anarivas, @karadapena, @karadapena, @karadapena, and @ianbremmer
| MacDonald Dzirutwe / Reuters: |
The Central Bank of Nigeria lifts a ban, imposed in February 2021, on cryptocurrency transactions but says global trends show a need to regulate such activities — Nigeria's central bank has lifted a ban on transacting in cryptocurrencies, while saying global trends had shown a need to regulate … Sponsor Posts
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